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AUS - YN 540 HMAS Manoora (F48) General Arrangement (1938)

by: Navy Office Naval Engineering and Construction Branch (Australia)

Publication date: 1938-11-10
Topics: Booklet of General Plans, F48, HMAS Manoora, MS Manoora, Armed Merchant Cruiser, Landing Ship Infantry, Passenger Cargo Ship, Royal Australian Navy, RAN, Royal Navy, AMC, LSI, O/N 153959, AUS, General Arrangement Plan, Deck Plan, BOGP, Cruiser, Amphibious, Passenger Cargo, Blueprint, Blueprint Ship, Ship Design Drawings, GA Drawings, Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Govan, Scotland, YID 1554
Publisher: Foute Man Productions (FMP)
Collection: ship-design-drawings
Contributor: Foute Man
Language: english-handwritten
Rights: Please do not share any of these original files on social media, forums or your own website, but share a link to this entry instead - To show samples of the plans on social media, forums or your own website, you're free to use the contact sheets that can be found in the uploaded Social Media Kit (SMK) - Click on Zip in the Download Options Menu to download the SMK, or click on the link at the bottom of this entry - (f48ga1938-smk.zip)
Item Size: 37.3M

AUS - HMAS Manoora (F48)

Passenger Cargo Ship

Armed Merchant Cruiser

pennant: F48

official nr: 153959

IMO nr:

design:

yard nr: 540

yard: Alexander Stephen & Sons Ltd, Govan, Scotland

yard id: 1554

laid down: july 1934

launched: october 25 1934

completed: february 1935

2/1935 : - Delivered as Manoora to The Adelaide Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Melbourne

14/11/1939: - Requisitioned by Royal Australian Navy. Conversion to Armed Merchant Cruiser

12/12/1939: - Commissioned into RAN as HMAS Manoora (F48)

1942: - Conversion to Landing Ship, Infantry

2/2/1943: - Recommissioned, new pennant (C77)

6/12/1947: - Decommissioned from naval service. Converted back to Passenger Cargo ship at Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company, Sydney

31/8/1949: - Return to service for The Adelaide Steam Shipping Co Ltd

1961: - To Republik Indonesia, managed by P T Pelajaran Nasional Indonesia, Djakarta. Renamed Ambulombo

1965: - To P T Affan Raya Line, Djakarta. Renamed Affan Oceana

1966: - To P T Perusahaan Pelajaran 'Arafat', Djakarta. Renamed Ambulombo

18/11/1972: - Sunk in 18.19N - 120.34E while under tow from Djakarta to Kaohsiung for breaking.

HMAS Manoora on Wikipedia

HMAS Manoora on Nav.gov.au

HMAS Manoora on Clydeships

HMAS Manoora on Wrecksite

General Arrangement Plan dated november 10 1938

- conversion to armed merchant cruiser

00 - cover photo +

01 - profile & upper decks *

02 - forecastle, bridge, shelter & upper deck *

* - november 10 1938

+ - 1939

Downloaded from the Australian National Archives website, Series nr MP551/1, drawings can be found as item nr's 120/65M/1 & 120/65M/2

Available drawings for:

- MS Manoora / HMAS Manoora

- Armed Merchant Cruisers (AMC)

- Cruisers

- Landing Ship Infantry (LSI)

- Amphibious Ships

- Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Ships

- Royal Navy Ships

- Passenger Cargo Ships

Also available:

- Social Media Kit for this entry

version 1.05-1

december 18 2025

Ship Design Drawings Index

Notes

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Year: 1938